Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Letter to the Editor: Medical science doesn’t always provide cure, either “In response to Jeff E. Jared’s April 9 letter regarding science and religion, I feel impelled to quote Albert Einstein, who said, ‘Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.’ Jared cites a recent Harvard study that ‘found that strangers […]
Archives for April 2006
Christian Science is not a cult
The King County Journal – Letter to the Editor: Christian Science not a cult “On March 29, a local radio show broadcast a program that labeled Mormonism, Christian Science and Jehovah’s Witnesses as cults. The speaker went on to note that listeners should be alert that these groups are “dispensing poison.” As a Christian Scientist, […]
Response to Prayer Study
Tacoma News Tribune, Letter to the Editor: Science can’t document unseen power of prayer Re: “Praying from afar won’t help sick, huge study finds” (TNT, 3-31). It’s quite possible that any attempt to scientifically quantify prayer-including the current one that shows no benefit – is flawed. Controlled studies can be useful in some disciplines, but […]